The Vancouver Prophecies The most visionary collection of contrarian profit wisdom ever assembled — and how you can get it FREE Dear Friend, There was a TV show in the late '90s about an ordinary guy who — for whatever reason — always got tomorrow's newspaper today... Which gave him only 24 hours to run around righting all the wrongs that were destined to happen in his city during the course of the day he was living in. Things like thwarting crimes and exposing fraud and preventing accidents and all kinds of other stuff. Well, I used to watch that show and think: If I got tomorrow's paper, I'd be plunking money down on stocks and commodities that were going to zoom up in the next 24 hours. THEN I'd help old ladies and rescue cats. If this is the way you think, too, then listen up — because what I'm about to offer you is practically the same scenario... Getting an advanced look at tomorrow's hottest and most lucrative profit opportunities before almost anyone else can even conceive of them. Your Own Early Report— to Wealth Think about this... If you had a newspaper that warned you four years ago about the dollar's collapse, wouldn't you have put your cash into stabler foreign currencies — and saved yourself a 28% or bigger loss? If you'd read in it three years ago how gold would explode in value 132%, wouldn't you have used that information to turn $100 grand into $232,000 in your pocket? If its pages had cautioned you in 2005 that a real estate crash would soon cripple home builders, wouldn't you have sold your Pulte shares before you lost 81% of your money? And if it had reported in early 2007 that crude prices would zoom up 180% in 18 months, wouldn't you have traded oil futures over and over again during that time for huge gains on your money? As you now know, all of these things happened. And they almost completely blindsided the mainstream money analysts and press — and most mainstream investors. However, every single one of these pivotal occurrences — plus so many others that I couldn't even list them — were predicted time and again with uncanny accuracy by the contrarian investing experts in attendance at one incredible annual event... The Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia. Having attended this conference for four years running now, I've heard firsthand what the brightest swim-against-the-stream soothsayers in money have foretold. I have witnessed time and again how their predictions have come to pass... And how those people who listened could've made an absolute fortune. So how does this matter to you right now? In just a minute, I'm going to offer you the chance to profit hugely from all of these experts' latest, up-to-the-minute investment wisdom and predictions — FREE. The Future Isn't Pretty. But It Could Be Pretty Profitable . . . I'm Bruce Robertson, and you've almost certainly never heard of me. That's because unlike world-renowned contrarian thinkers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin — or Agora Financial's Chris Mayer, Byron King, Eric Fry, Dan Amoss and others — I'm NOT an expert in any aspect of money, markets or investing. However, as AF's Symposium director since 2005, I've had a rare — insider's view of years of their prognostications... And I'm here to tell you: The degree to which these and other Symposium speakers are dead on the money about what's really happening — and what's going to happen — in the realms of global currencies, gold and silver, inflation, resources and commodities, oil and gas, alternative energy, U.S. fiscal policy and the national debt, politics, the environment, the Asian economic juggernaut and more borders on the prophetic. Here are just a few examples of what I call "The Vancouver Prophecies": THE CREDIT CRASH PREDICTED PRACTICALLY TO THE DAY! Speaking at last year's Symposium about the overheated American credit market, Agora founder and contrarian money legend Bill Bonner said: "It can't continue. There's nothing behind it. It's all based upon... credit and borrowed money that has to be repaid. And when it's time to repay it — when people stop lending, and stop accepting this funny money that banks are cranking out, you get a bust." And what happened the very week of the 2007 Symposium — perhaps even as Bonner was speaking? The Dow lost more than 700 points as the U.S. credit crunch came to a head, plunging America into a banking and lending tailspin the depths of which we still haven't plumbed... 2008 DOLLAR DOLDRUMS AND INFLATION'S RISE FORESEEN Bonner further prophesized: "The central 'strong dollar' policy that the U.S. has had for a long, long time is gone... My guess is that Bernanke — who's now been talking about how they're not worried about inflation so much anymore — is preparing to lower interest rates... because he's afraid of the problems in the subprime and credit markets. None of these things are going to help the dollar. The dollar is going to sink." Sure enough, the Fed slashed interest rates at least six more times in the nine months following the 2007 Symposium. And as Bonner predicted, not only has this failed to prop up the credit and subprime lending markets, but the dollar has, indeed, tanked — and inflation is on the rise, big-time... A DEADLY INFRASTRUSTURE DISASTER FORESHADOWED At the 2007 Symposium, Agora Financial's perennial infrastructure investment "guru" Chris Mayer clued us in to the incredible nuts-and-bolts, brick-and-mortar needs and opportunities in China, India and the Middle East (his Capital & Crisis plays on these are up as much as 49%!)... Mayer also warned about the multibillion-dollar need for maintenance, repairs and upgrades in all domestic infrastructure sectors here in America: roads, bridges, water pipes, railways, steam fittings, oil pipelines and more. "It's not just in China or India," Chris said. "In New York, that steam pipe explosion last week? It was a pipe that had been laid in 1924 that gave way... It's happening all across America's cities." However, in crisis lies opportunity. Chris's five best plays on just one sliver of the infrastructure crisis (water supplies) have all gained an average of 81% — including one sold position posting 100% profits. But in crisis also lies tragedy. Barely more than a week after Chris gave his Symposium presentation, America experienced a colossal and historic infrastructure failure: the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis that claimed 13 American lives on Aug. 1, 2007. Remember, these are just a few brief examples from 2007's Agora Financial Investment Symposium. I could go on and on about the uncannily accurate predictions not only from last year's event, but from all four Symposia that I've been privileged enough to attend... But I've proved my point and more about the Symposium's "prophecies" and profit potential. Now I want to show you how these contrarian investing geniuses could help you bank solid, even incredible, profits in an age of risk and uncertainty — starting today... How the 2008 "Vancouver Prophecies" Could Make — and Save   — You Millions . . . As with every Agora Financial Investment Symposium I've been to, I could never begin to sum up for you in these few pages the huge volume of invaluable contrarian investing pointers, analysis and specific, actionable recommendations from the sold-out 2008 Vancouver event that ended just days ago... However, I can offer them all to you today in another form. As we've done for several years now, we recorded — verbatim — all the informative, entertaining and potentially lucrative general sessions from every one of this year's marquee speakers at the 2008 Symposium... That's right: Now you can experience the complete and unadulterated "prophesizing" of not only your favorite Agorans like Bonner, Wiggin, Mayer, King, Amoss, Fry and others — but also special invitees like: Coin and collectible specialist Nick Bruyer Inflation and currency expert Paul van Eeden The resource investing pioneer Bill Bonner trusts most, Rick Rule Visionary author and American socio-metro critic James Howard Kunstler America's favorite anarchist — author and contrarian profit legend Doug Casey The "Indiana Jones of investing," the 4-time New York Times best-selling author and international adventure capitalist Jim Rogers... And in just a minute, I'm going to show you how you can get all of this FREE... But first, I've just got to share with you just a handful of the lucrative highlights you'll get with your CD or MP3 copies of the full recordings of this year's Symposium... 4 WAYS TO GAIN FROM THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS In a detailed presentation titled A Golden Age of Opportunity, Chris Mayer (Capital & Crisis and Mayer's Special Situations) opens our eyes to the incredibly lucrative potential in worldwide infrastructure investment — and reveals his four best profit recommendations aimed at making you rich from this global crisis... 3 "UN-AMERICAN" WAYS TO PROFIT FROM THE POPULATION BOOM In Investing in a Post-American World, a fascinating analysis of the relationship between growing global population and commodities investment and natural resource profiteering, Dan Denning (Port Phillip Publishing, former editor of Strategic Investment) reveals surefire offshore profit opportunities in metals, energy and foodstuffs... 4 REASONS WHY THE RESOURCE BULL HAS LEGS — AND HOW TO PLAY IT In A Speculator's Guide to Natural Resources Markets, Rick Rule (founder, Global Resource Investments Ltd.) outlines four reasons why the mainstream is wrong to speculate that the resources bull market is over. To prove it, he names specific natural resource investment opportunities that are likely to explode in profitability in the near future... 4 PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE THE DOLLAR — AND HOW TO BEAT THEM In a frightening exposé titled Have We Lost Control? Is the U.S. Dollar on Pause or Still in Decline?, Chuck Butler (president, EverBank World Markets) uses historical data and hard numbers to show us how four fundamental problems America faces will continue to weaken the U.S. dollar. He also reveals exactly what you can do to freeze the erosion of assets and any investments you might hold in U.S. dollars... WHY YOU NEED TO MAKE 8.79% "PROFIT" TO JUST BREAK EVEN In perhaps the Symposium's most sobering presentation, Measuring Inflation — How It Affects Your Wealth and Decisions, internationally renowned expert in gold and currency markets Paul van Eeden (Cranberry Capital) shows us how the government's book-cooking has trained us to calculate both inflation and the value of our money in all the wrong ways — and how today's true rate of inflation (8.79%!) is higher than it was in the '70s... HOW TO GRAB YOUR SHARE OF $22 TRILLION IN NECESSARY SPENDING In Water: Why Some Call It the Next Oil, Tom Rooney (RCI Consulting) echoes Agora Financial's own Chris Mayer as he warns of a coming world water shortage and H2O infrastructure crisis — the Mother of All Infrastructure Crises, with a whopping $22 trillion price tag. Thankfully, he's got specific recommendations on how to play the crisis for max profits... HOW TO PLAY THE WORLD'S BEST COIN MARKETS: RUSSIA AND CHINA Collectible currency expert Nick Bruyer (president, First Federal Coin Corp.) presented New Gold Bullion Opportunity of Olympic Proportions: Profiting From China, Russia and Treasures From the Deep, a detailed exposé of how both ancient and modern precious metal coins can be not only engines of huge profit — especially in emerging Chinese and Russian markets — but safe hedges against the inflation of fiat currency... Again, these are just a few of the high spots from the four jampacked days of the 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. There's so much more I simply don't have time or space here to get to. Things like: Addison Wiggin's disturbing revelation of "Peak Western Influence" — and how it spells the end of the American Empire... Bill Bonner's lament that rapid U.S. nationalization has brought about the "End of the World As We Know It" — and why, ultimately, that's a good thing... James Howard Kunstler's rabid (but perhaps right) condemnation of what he calls the "Cartoon Country" — and how we're all better off in the city... Doug Casey's riotous "diss"-ertation on the difference between evil and stupidity — and why our president is a moron steering us toward the Greater Depression... But here's the good news: ALL of these tips, highlights and tons more — plus a FREE Special Report covering all the specific, actionable profit recommendations from more than 70 specialized "breakout" sessions — are yours for the getting... All you need to do is order your own CD or MP3 (or the combo pack of both) recordings from the 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium. And as I said earlier, there's a way to get these FREE. Details are coming. But right now, let me tell you how... The Original "Adventure Capitalist" Barnstorms the Symposium This year marks the first appearance at the Agora Financial Investment Symposium of one of the icons of modern contrarian investing: four-time New York Times best-selling financial author Jim Rogers — called by many "the Indiana Jones of investing"... His presentation, Political, Social and Economic Observations From a 3-Year Guinness World Record, 245,000-Kilometer Drive Through 116 Countries, ranged far and wide, across many topics — including: The Rise of China — According to Rogers, China will be the pre-eminent nation on Earth in the 21st century, though few seem to understand it. Listen to his fiery speech and you'll discover his best recommendations for Americans (and their children) to capitalize on China's inevitable ascendancy. You'll also learn the one type of Chinese stock he's scooping up right now... The Fall of the Dollar — "Out of control," is how Rogers characterizes the U.S. monetary system, strongly maintaining that the Fed's official policy is to debase the dollar, a currency he calls "horribly flawed." In your Symposium recordings, you'll hear him reveal the relatively stable currencies in which he holds his assets... The Supremacy of Commodities — Listen and learn why Rogers usually shuns stocks and bonds in favor of commodities. Also, discover why he says, "Diversification is a concept stockbrokers came up with to protect themselves. Nobody gets rich by diversifying..." Also in your Symposium recordings: Rogers' 3 hottest commodity categories right now The 2 kinds of Taiwanese companies he's buying today The type of Japanese stock he thinks is a foolproof bet The 4 countries he thinks are best for small-cap speculation The 3 Latin nations that have the best resource profit outlooks. Again, you can get Rogers' entire groundbreaking presentation — what may be the only chance you'll ever get to hear him speak — as part of your CD or MP3 (or dual-media pack of both) copies of the 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium. Keep reading for details on how to get it now, FREE... Stop Drinking the Kool-Aid — and Start Making Money If you're reading this, you probably already know what a contrarian is. In fact, you probably are one. But in case you're new to the Agora Financial family — or a little sketchy on the definition of the word "contrarian" — it means "in contrast to the mainstream." A contrarian doesn't swallow politicians' promises hook, line and sinker. He (or she) doesn't trust his future solely to the blue chips or big mutual funds. He doesn't rely only on The Wall Street Journal and Forbes for investing ideas. In short, contrarians don't "drink the Kool-Aid" the mainstream pundits, policymakers and talking heads mix up for them. Any of it. They dare to question. They research the alternatives. They seek wealth where their neighbors aren't looking... And if there's one thing I've learned in more than four years with Agora Financial, it's that contrarians usually find wealth — while rank-and-file investors find little more than fees, taxes and "profits" that mirror the market and barely outpace inflation. However, one small subgroup of contrarians has an incredible profit advantage over their mainstream-defying brethren. These lucky few have the tools not just to realize wealth "someday," but to get truly rich in relatively short order... They're the contrarian minds that attend the Agora Financial Investment Symposium. But even if you missed the best-ever, sold-out 2008 version of the Symposium, you could still become one of these lucky few contrarian profit takers right now. No tricks, no strings, no travel, no leaving home... All you need are the CD or MP3 (or both) recordings of the event — and the FREE Special Report with all the specific, actionable profit recommendations from the more than 70 specialized "breakout" seminars held by marquee Symposium speakers. It all comes with your order — which could cost you nothing. Here's how... How You Can Get the 2008 Symposium   "Prophecies" FREE The offer I'm making you today is a simple one: You can purchase the entire set of general session recordings from the 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium from scenic and prosperous Vancouver — including the Special Report detailing all the specific profit plays from the "breakout" sessions — in two formats: downloadable MP3 files for just $149 or the 12-CD set for $199... Or BOTH the CDs and MP3s for the same $199. But how can you get them FREE, you're asking? That's easy... I'm offering your full purchase price on the 2008 recordings as a discount when you sign up for the 2009 Agora Financial Investment Symposium. That's right — whether you choose the downloadable MP3 version for just $149, the 12-CD set of recordings for only $199 or the dual-media CD/MP3 combo pack for the same $199, you'll get that much off your sign-up price for next year's Symposium... Which would make your recordings of the 2008 Symposium FREE. All you'll need to do is cash in the e-voucher we'll send along with your recordings when it's time to sign up for next year's event. Now, as Agora Financial's Symposium director, I can assure you that the 2009 version of the Agora Financial Investment Symposium will be unprecedented in its scope, profile and demand for seats. That's because next year will mark the 10th anniversary of three contrarian investing staples: The Agora Financial Investment Symposium itself The half-million-strong Daily Reckoning e-letter And the book that started it all: the New York Times best-selling Bonner/Wiggin classic Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century... I can't go into all the specifics just yet — but trust me, what we've got lined up is going to blow you away. And of course, it could make you rich, too. As usual. But then, you'll already be on your way to wealth once you get your CD or MP3 recordings of the 2008 Symposium... A Way to Get Your Money Back That You'll Never Ask For   . . . Offering a "money-back guarantee" on the wisdom and proven investing savvy of some of the greatest and most prophetic minds in money seems a little like offering someone a $2 refund on a $2 million winning lottery ticket... However, everything we put out here at Agora Financial is satisfaction guaranteed in one way or another. So if it helps you make up your mind, here's the guarantee I'll offer you on your CD or MP3 recordings of the 2008 event: If you're not satisfied for ANY REASON with the information, predictions, recommendations or pure entertainment of the 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium recordings, I'll give you all your money back — at ANY time! Even years later. All you have to do is call. But you won't... I know, because in the four years I've been with Agora Financial, I've only ever refunded two or three sets of these recordings — and they were damaged in shipping. So what are you waiting for? The sooner you get in on all these incredible, actionable profit plays from the greatest "prophets" in contrarian investment, the bigger your cut of the spoils as these opportunities inevitably hit the mainstream's radar... However you feel like listening — in your car CD player while you're on the road, on your home stereo while doing housework or on your iPod while you're exercising or mowing the lawn — we've got the medium to suit you... Especially with the dual-media "combo pack" (it's the same price as the CDs only!). And remember this, too: No matter what package of recordings you choose, you'll also get that comprehensive FREE Special Report containing all the stock picks, commodities recommendations, hot trend info and other specific, actionable investment plays from the Symposium's more than 70 individual afternoon "breakout" seminars! One more time, here's the deal I'm offering you: Get the complete set of 2008's Symposium recordings (and the Special Report) for only $149 for downloadable MP3 files — and just $199 for the CDs. Or both formats in a "dual-media" combo for the same $199... And get all your money back in credit when you sign up for next year's Symposium. It's all unconditionally money-back guaranteed, forever. So click now on the order link below and follow the simple instructions to purchase a complete set of recordings of this year's 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium... Again, what are you waiting for? The very "prophecy" that could make you your next million (or perhaps keep you from losing it) is just a click away. Yours in profit, Bruce Robertson Symposium director, Agora Financial P.S. One more anecdote I've just got to share with you: At this year's conference, one of the recurring themes in many speakers' remarks (especially Addison's and Bill's opening comments) was the shaky footing or outright failure of major American banks. And what happened on July 22, the first day of the 2008 Symposium? Wachovia Bank blindsided the entire mainstream financial world with the unexpected announcement that it'd lost $8.9 billion and was laying off 6,000 employees... Click below to find out what else was predicted at the 2008 Agora Financial Investment Symposium.